Kathy Mitchell Pushes for Criminal Justice Reform by Getting Serious About Being Compassionate

"...and shoulders into this work; amidst them has stood Kathy Mitchell, always serious but always compassionate, armed with the..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Quote of the Week: Kathy Mitchell

Community activist speaks on life after meet-and-confer

"...– Kathy Mitchell of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition on life..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Column

APD's Early Warning System for Reckless and Aggressive Officers Is Broken. Is It Worth Fixing?

Falling into the GAP

"...justice advocates. In Austin, those include Scott Henson and Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty, who consider the systems to..."

Aug. 27, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Feeling the Heat

A profile of the new Texas ACLU and Executive Director Will Harrell

"...we have a pure stance on constitutional rights," says Kathy Mitchell, a longtime Austin activist who was tapped last..."

April 27, 2001 News Feature by Michael Erard

Criminal Justice Goes Unreformed by a Dismal 87th Texas Legislature

High presession hopes lead to deeper disappointments now

"..."It's like the worst session ever," Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty told the Chronicle. "You can..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Austin Police Association vs. City's Office of Police Oversight

Police union wins a round in contest over oversight

"..."It's very bad for the OPO," said justice advocate Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty. "This arbitrator ruled in some..."

Jan. 7, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Accountable Now Launches a National Effort to Track Uses of Force

A national effort to track uses of force, starting with Austin

"...Local criminal justice advocate Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty is, like Garcia, a data..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Community-Built, Community-Driven Oversight?

Austin's activists have got a plan

"...be the front end of the complaint system," explained Kathy Mitchell of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, who presented..."

Feb. 9, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Cleanliness, Godliness, and Money

Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky

"...director Bunch, political consultant Glen Maxey, and CWCG treasurer Kathy Mitchell – with 10 separate violations of the state..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Election Notes

Critics charge that Clean Water Clean Government's finances are a bit murky

"...director Bunch, political consultant Glen Maxey, and CWCG treasurer Kathy Mitchell – with 10 separate violations of the state..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Austin Energy's attempt to shut close its books to the public will be considered by city council September.

"...opened up the focus group to the public," said Kathy Mitchell of the Central Texas ACLU. But the group..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature

Austin Police Yet to Release Shooting Footage

Raj Moonesinghe was shot in the back

"...shoot in self-defense after being targeted by Moone­singhe? For Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty, the wording of APD's statement..."

Dec. 2, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

APD Hits Pause on Police Academy Curriculum Review

Volunteer review committee expresses concern over stalled process

"..."It was completely unexpected," academy curriculum review committee member Kathy Mitchell told us. She noted that while missing one..."

Aug. 20, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin on Forefront of Addressing Excessive Force Used by Police During Protests

Shock and awe at mass indictment in Black Lives Matter protest shootings

"...Advocate Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty doesn't find this compelling. "I..."

Feb. 25, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

New Audits Highlight Problems at Police Academy

“It comes down to the culture”

"...and training materials that Council asked for last summer. Kathy Mitchell, an organizer with Just Liberty, told us that..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

ARIC Trainings Teach Cops and Informants Junk Science

Police are learning lessons in fear

"...so many false convictions," said criminal justice reform advocate Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty. "We have no idea how..."

Aug. 28, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Mi Vida Dentro Documentary Spotlights Rosa Jimenez Case

Activists organize screening as Jimenez awaits D.A.’s Office decision on a retrial

"...Attendance at the screening – organized by Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty, with help from the Justice..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Community, Policing

City, police union, activists arrive at compromise with new four-year contract

"...Kathy Mitchell, now of nonpartisan reform group Just Liberty, agreed..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Life After Meet-and-Confer

City, police get ready for civil service

"...the nearly 150 officers eligible would take that option. Kathy Mitchell, who helped organize the effort to reform the..."

Dec. 22, 2017 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Props Forum Gets Down and Dirty

Props 1 and 2 supporters and opponents prove themselves talented beer-drinkers, chip-eaters, and yellers at Democracy for Texas forum

"...Bill Bunch of the Save Our Springs Alliance and Kathy Mitchell of the ACLU, going mano a mano against..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Election Notes

Props 1 and 2 supporters and opponents prove themselves talented beer-drinkers, chip-eaters, and yellers at Democracy for Texas forum

"...Bill Bunch of the Save Our Springs Alliance and Kathy Mitchell of the ACLU, going mano a mano against..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Check the Facts and Get the Story Straight

Feb. 22, 2006 Postmarks

Naked City

The council approves a requirement that all matters coming to a vote include a note detailing their financial impact; Austin Energy's "competitive matters" resolution, which would keep some business matters secret, angers some local activists.

"...of the more environmentally sensitive electric utilities around," says Kathy Mitchell, an ACLU representative who worked on the commission...."

Feb. 16, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Pushing for Real Police Oversight in Contract and on the Ballot

What exactly is a G File?

"...is necessary to change APD's culture. Civil rights activist Kathy Mitchell sums up the rationale: "If officers knew that..."

July 15, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Here's How Austin's Last-Minute City Budget Battles Played Out

How advocates' calls for action were and weren't answered

"...morning portion of the meeting, advocates including Chris Harris, Kathy Mitchell, Alycia Castillo, Awais Azhar, JP Connolly, and others..."

Aug. 25, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Report: APD Should Use Force More Carefully

Current orders do not even define what constitutes "resistance"

"...none of that is done in APD's General Orders. Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty says this is dangerous: "By..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...police, fire, EMS, or mental health services. Just Liberty's Kathy Mitchell, organizer of the RPS Task Force's Reimagining 911..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Small Change at APD

An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform

"...Capitol advocating on behalf of victims of police violence," Kathy Mitchell with Just Liberty told us, "that does not..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

"Strong-Mayor" Proposal Divides Austin's Progressives

Power to the people?

"...Kathy Mitchell of Just Liberty, a member of the city's..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

APD Starts Shrinking

Council set to make cuts now, plan for more to come

"...justice advocates pause. "It's a half loaf," Just Liberty's Kathy Mitchell told us. "But it is a big loaf,..."

Aug. 14, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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